U.S. military grapples with a rising epidemic of sexual assault in its ranks

My GOD! Really!? The General a Dealing with the same subject matter way back in the 1980s

Why is it that the military seemingly has this problem and other federal agencies do not get this kind of reporting?

Look I can understand, assaults, and MST, and harrasment and someone will even try to get out of the unit by transferring to another branch, as I tried, and was medically disqualified for spine musculoskeletal and psych by MEPS permanant profile and sent back to the ship still under obligation and no check up ever past that point to analyze any of these issues that stopped the transfer, by any leaders that were aware.

Look I dont really blame overworked stressed out sailors on a ship, to really check in, and self identify, and come to my rescue like a dad might if he cared for his son. That is a special place.


But what if this bullying or assault was on a play ground in school? Well usually the teacher would stop it hopefully. And even that might not happen all the time. A real good bully can get away with stuff for a while, as they do not fear much if anything at all.

I think calm minds in a room can analyze facts an see basically if this really happened, or any other circumstances of service are causing reactions and outbursts and odd behavior.

Usually a traumatized person i goi to have odd behavior hands down fact.

You could take your best dog, your most genetically gifted dog, and tie it to a post and whip on it, and guess what will happen to the dog mentally and even physically.


If your sister was taken adantage of what would you do?

Look we always want to go get the bad guy in another country, but well man, we got to analyze people doing harm on others in their own country and military.

It seems men who have survived this type of treatment man on man abused can sympathize with these ladies, and create systems to correct it, from initial entry at MEPS screening, and system beyond this.


Secretary Defense PTSD memos state, and common sense states a service member will look for a unit transfer for no specific reason, beyond hidden assault, abuse etc..as a remedy...

It is encoded in human reality that fight flight or freeze syndrome when someone gets at you, and the specifics of their power over you, and how you will reacte.

So lets say your 18 new and 1 guys notices and you become friends, and one day out of the blue corners you alone in berthing and attempts to get sexual, and you actually say what are you serious, and instantly I know this is not something you want to be around, and flee and the whole ship company in the galley surrounds you, take note, ask you what is going on, and you tell them, as you are dismayed and your engaged to a girl, and feel really caught of guard, and worse, but there are no, therapies or check up, and you go back to business, and within a month, this guy is gone, but you don’t know what happened to him, and then the other guys, he had been friends with, sort of turn their back on you, and they are in your department, and the friction grows, and leads to more issues and threats

The new command master chief shows up a few years after this, and your emotions have been altered, and your fiancé is distant, or infact you are distant and do not write love letters like you used to, you are frozen 22 years of age, it’s not like you can opt out and leave this job at your own free will, and the command master chief asks you a question, something you can not even remember, with other guys around in the BM locker, and what ever you’d said, pissed him off enough to ask you to join him in the forward hole to help him with Mooring lines, a bit odd, but as soon as you got in there, he has smashed on you, and you could do nothing but take it, you are like man what do i do fight back??? No way man i see the Set up, his word against mine...hmmm and you sort of like begg for some relief like asking what you had done ...and well he says he could kick me out of the navy all together ...and with that information when you got back to shore...you instantly go to the Arm recruiter broken like running away from you own home after your dad just beat you for something you had no control over ...you were not feeling well...and the part time back and forth on the ship over those last years had destroyed your personal life to such a point...you were just completely scrambled..and MEPS performs a new recruit physical the one you passed to join the navy...and you get a call months into the process..and the army recruiter says you can not join the army ever and that is permanent for medical...and that was it...and you were no on a planet no one even knew existed...all alone drifting...22 and getting in fights in the street off the ship...could not trust anyone like a part time job...distanced from your whole family...you literally did not know what was happening to you...and if you can really get into a relationship because you felt well you might not be there much longer and be able to be a good part of a relationship....YOu oringally joined the navy to be a great guy..a leader...learn something valuable and by 22 you were empty confused worried and well silent this is the navy...and its not like anyone was like hey man you ok in there like man can i help you??? Nope young silent strong confused hurting dreams burned...i was put back on the ship for 9 more months..no check up ever for anything....i wonder what my mom saw..and my fiance saw?? But I remember i cracked and people ...


1 year later somehow and I am not sure how but I was documented on paper at balboa hospital mtf with bi polar and major depression...and symptoms of i can.not sleep or concentrate...and i had 3 more years in the enlistment...and it’s not like anyone was trying to help

I can not blame the guys on the deck plate.
We were all stressed
But if you underman the active side of the crew and give them a 18 year old e2 apprentice reservist to take one of their billets ..i mean are to blame those guys....is there some historical navy standard where this is normal with a manual on how this is supposed to work??

In bootcamp you are taught that the slower guy should be looked at negatively as he is the reason the whole company will pay in some stress standard more push ups etc etc etc for this 1 guys slower mistake as on the ship the slower guy gets guys injured//but if they handicap even the smartest guy kid in the world and only give him sporadic time on the ship he wont really get to know people...he will always be slower and then that bootcamp crap will come back and he s at risk for harrasment....and worse


And guess what you have to wonder what committee or command would even allow for this to happen...

Regardless a lot of moving parts,,


Honorable discharge with no discharge physical and the best code re1 you can reenlist...but you did not look at that paper till 10 plus years later...you took that paper put it on your car dash when given out the back of the building on the sub base in San Diego...and drove away..26....no education ...sad confused young...and still thinking you could do something you get a job..it last like 1 year and your are fired in sales at a internet company selling internet over the phone...

In that time frame...only 3 months after discharge you are in a homeless broke psych hospital..in San Diego sports arena area...diagnosed with more depression and medicated..only 3 months after discharge..as if you were medically cool..and the infact would re-enlist you...i wonder what it takes for someone to notice you are well not well???

A few years later not a big brother to anyone..my younger brother moved on..wife good job...house

I was 5150 for edgin on my arm in this psych ward askin for help and my medications....


I think we should all be able to talk about this stuff and get it out and not drink it away...

what someone does when they are young handicapped by being undertrained, no real experience, and targeted due my inexperience as a reserve enlisted assigned to a active duty ship.

Just like in bootcamp where we learn that the slower guy